Improvement in sonnettes



GEORGE w. SHERMAN.

Improvement in Sonnettes.

Nb. 125,091. PatentedMarch26,1872.

Un'rrnn STATES GEORGE WV. SHERMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN SONNETTES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,091, dated March26, 1872.

Specification describin gImproved Sonnettes, invented by GEORGE W.SHERMAN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York.

This invention relates to sonnettes or clappcrs such as are used asmusical accompaniments. It consists in the novel construction of asonnette or clapper, with a spring-tongue and attached hammer, whereby alouder and more lively action is obtained, and the action is broughtunder the more perfect control of the player.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a face View of a sonnette made according tomy invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a back Viewthereof. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the ton gue and its attachedhammer, and Fig. 5 is a face View of the clasp by which the spring issecured to the stick.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A is the stick of the sonnette. It is of ordinary fiat form, and hassecured to it the spring '15, which constitutes the principal portion ofthe tongue. This tongue is made of a strip of spring-steel or piece offlattened steel wire, and secured at one end to the stick A by a clampor clasp, O, consisting of a thin rectangular piece of sheet metal,having teeth on two opposite edges, which are bent over the end portionof the tongue and driven through the stick and turned over on theopposite side of the latter. At a short distance from the other end ofthis tongue the hammer D is secured, consisting of a piece of brass orother suitable metal, clasped or clamped tightly upon the tongue. Beyondthis hammer the free end of the tongue is bent or bowed toward thestick, as shown in Fig. 2, so that when the sonnette is used the end ofthe spring will come in con tact with the stick before the hammer does.This arrangement of the end of the tongue, while serving to preventanyaccidental rattle or repetition of the blow after the recoil of thehammer from the stick, will not interfere with the striking of thehammer with as lively repetition as may be desired.

The sonnettes thus constructed in ay be played singly or with pairs ineach hand, their sticks I and attached hammer D with the stick A,substantially as herein described.

2. The arrangement of the free end of the spring-tongue B, substantiallyas described, whereby it strikes before the hammer upon the stick, forthe purpose set forth.

GEO. \V. SHERMAN.

Witnesses:

R. E. BABEAU, FRED. HAYNES.

